XBOX ring of death - on disks.

[Txyla]

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/images/2005/12/3060000000055738.jpg

I have just recieved this from my xbox.

How could I get this fixed.

Some people on some other sites have recommended going to your local game(station) store to see if they could do anything about it, and some mates say they do some stuff about it but I'm just not sure if it costs.

[Chris]

Yeah if you have a game store near you, go in and ask them about it. They will fix the disc depending on the damage for quite a cheap price. :)

[Txyla]

Would you know what the maximum price would be?

[Oleh]

£2 for a disk repair at gamestation. i would advise installing all games.

It isnt a ring of death, just a laser burn.

[Txyla]

Installing them just incase they carnt do anything - but the only thing is, my game will not load etc. - makes my xbox freeze.

[matt$]

I think he means next time install the game before you play it, it reduces the likely hood of that happening by a bit

[Gibs960]

Costs about £5 at most I think, my friend had it done.

[Oleh]

Costs about £5 at most I think, my friend had it done.

WHERE!?

I've had mine done at gamestation several times (back before install option) and it was £2 apart from once because id already been in that week and he did it me for free

[Phil]

This happened to my GTA 4 and I couldn't find anywhere that'd fix it!

[Stephen!]

Shouldn't Microsoft give you new discs? It is clearly a flaw with the 360. Why should you have to pay for it?

[redtom]

How did you do it? Move the Xbox while it was playing?

[Chris]

Shouldn't Microsoft give you new discs? It is clearly a flaw with the 360. Why should you have to pay for it?

You can contact Microsoft and they will charge a bit less for a new disk, still not worth it though. :L

[Chippiewill]

Shouldn't Microsoft give you new discs? It is clearly a flaw with the 360. Why should you have to pay for it?
They've done tests, if the Xbox isn't moving/vibrating the discs don't get damaged so Microsoft is covered, but the bass from a TV could cause enough vibrations to cause it to happen, it's a bit like acting confused when a computer breaks once you've dropped it off a bridge.

[Ajthedragon]

Happened to my juiced, I didn't know you could get them fixed. :P

[GommeInc]

They've done tests, if the Xbox isn't moving/vibrating the discs don't get damaged so Microsoft is covered, but the bass from a TV could cause enough vibrations to cause it to happen, it's a bit like acting confused when a computer breaks once you've dropped it off a bridge.
Uh huh, still shouldn't be happening though as the Xbox 360 is clearly doing the damage. Poor designing on Microsofts part, really :/ Not intentionally bringing this up, but do PS3s do this too? I've never noticed it before :/

[Recursion]

Uh huh, still shouldn't be happening though as the Xbox 360 is clearly doing the damage. Poor designing on Microsofts part, really :/ Not intentionally bringing this up, but do PS3s do this too? I've never noticed it before :/

Nope.

It's a known problem, contact M$.

[Zuth]

My PS3 had the sane thing as "red ring of death" it over heated somehow? We bought a new one though.

[Luke]

My PS3 had the sane thing as "red ring of death" it over heated somehow? We bought a new one though.

YLOD. And it could be easily fixed. usually caused by poor airflow, for example keeping it in a concealed cabinet.

[Zuth]

Yer that's it "Yellow Light Of Death" we looked it up but it says it's bound to happen again after you fixed it so we bought a ps3 slim. Witch says it shouldn't over heat.

[Recursion]

Yer that's it "Yellow Light Of Death" we looked it up but it says it's bound to happen again after you fixed it so we bought a ps3 slim. Witch says it shouldn't over heat.

The YLOD is the equivalent to the 360's RROD (which is more common than the YLOD), this thread is about a disc scratching problem the PS3 DID NOT have.

As I said before, it's a known defect with older 360 consoles, contact MS.